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Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering is where engineering meets medicine by preventing invasive surgery, innovating hi-tech health devices, and enhancing artificial organs. It spans wearable devices, tissue engineering and biomechanics, with career paths to healthcare, pharmaceuticals and scientific research.

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INSIGNEO

The Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine is Europe’s largest research institute dedicated entirely to the development, validation, and use of in silico medicine technologies.

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Biomedical Engineering at Sheffield ranks in top five in National Student Survey

Biomedical Engineering at Sheffield has made a significant mark in the National Student Survey 2023, ranking highly for academic support and quality of teaching.
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Our students take gold at international iGEM competition

Biomedical Engineering students celebrate with their team after being awarded a gold medal for project excellence as part of the iGEM competition.
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Biomedical Engineering at Sheffield ranked 5th in the Guardian University Guide 2023

Biomedical Engineering at Sheffield has been ranked among the best in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2023, published at the weekend (Saturday 24th September 2022).
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Biomedical Engineering student reaches the final of Global Student Prize

Dimitris Boufidis has beaten almost seven thousand students to become one of fifty finalists in the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, which awards prize money to a student who has made a significant impact on students and society.

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Biomedical Engineering
Interdisciplinary Programmes in Engineering (IPE)
Room D101
Mappin Building
Mappin Street
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
S1 3JD

+44 114 222 7876

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